Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom

The Right Honourable The Lord Cameron of Lochbroom PC FRSE

Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 13 June 1984 – 21 April 2016

Personal details
Born	Kenneth John Cameron (1931-06-11) 11 June 1931 (age 92)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford University of Edinburgh

Kenneth John Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom PC FRSE (born 11 June 1931) is a Scottish retired judge who served as Lord Advocate from 1984 to 1989.

Early life

Kenneth Cameron is the son of John Cameron, Lord Cameron (1900–1996), a Senator of the College of Justice.

Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained a PhD in 1971 presenting the thesis "Anti-Corn-Law agitations in Scotland, with particular reference to the Anti-Corn-Law League".^[1]

Judicial career

Cameron became an Advocate in 1958 and Queen's Counsel in 1972. He was appointed President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland in 1976, and Chairman of the Committee of Investigation under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 in 1980.

Lord Advocate

Cameron was an Advocate Depute from 1981 and was appointed Lord Advocate in 1984, one of the Great Officers of State of Scotland, when he was also created a life peer as Baron Cameron of Lochbroom, of Loch Broom in the District of Ross and Cromarty,^[2] and a Privy Counsellor in 1984. He retired from the Lords on 21 April 2016.^[3]

Retirement

Lord Cameron of Lochbroom held office as Lord Advocate until 1989 when he was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice.

Other interests

From 1979 to 1983, while still a QC, Cameron served as chairperson of the influential Edinburgh conservationist organisation the Cockburn Association, a position his father Lord Cameron held from 1955 to 1968. In 1996, now as Lord Cameron, he served President of the Cockburn Association until he demitted this office in 2010.^[4]

Lord Cameron of Lochbroom was Chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland from 1995 until its abolition in 2005, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is the current Honorary President of Edinburgh University Sports Union^{[citation needed]}.

Arms

Coat of arms of Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom
	Coronet Coronet of a baron Crest A Kittiwake alighting wings expanded proper Escutcheon Gules three Bars Or overall two Flaunches Ermine at the honour point also overall a Fleur-de-lys Sable, a Label of three points for difference Motto Et Regi Et Legi Servire^[5]

References

^ Cameron, Kenneth John (1971). "Anti-Corn-Law agitations in Scotland, with particular reference to the Anti-Corn-Law League". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "No. 49766". The London Gazette. 13 June 1984. p. 8143.
^ Retired Lords, parliament.uk, 21 April 2016
^ "Historic Cockburn Association Office-Bearers".
^ "Life Peerages – C". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

Sources

Who's Who in Scotland, 2009

Legal offices
Preceded by Lord Mackay of Clashfern	Lord Advocate 1984–1989	Succeeded by Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Mackay of Clashfern	Gentlemen Baron Cameron of Lochbroom	Followed by The Lord Vinson